Final report of the educational planning specialist, Malta (MALTED 1) for the period 9th August 1968 to 31st December 1969

Abstract

When Malta became independent in September 1964, it entered on defence and financial agreements with Britain under which Britain undertook to provide £51 million of capital aid over ten years to enable Malta to develop and diversify its economy. This it is doing successfully under two Five Year Plans 1964 to 1969 and 1969 to 1974. The success of the latter is at present compromised because negotiations between Britain and Malta on the terms of the second part of the financial agreement have broken down. Since independence the emphasis in education has been on providing more secondary and technical education. The main results achieved or about to be achieved since the arrival of the Educational Planning Specialist in August, 1968 are:- (a) a shorter self-contained more modern and less competitive primary school system; (b) a new system of educational guidance and evaluation for entry into secondary schools; (c) the provision of secondary education for all; (e) the upgrading of selected primary school teachers to staff the new secondary schools; (f) closer relations with the central planning authority; (g) the reorganisation of the Education Department particularly with regard to its planning responsibilities.